Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 199

Devanagari script

संपच्छिलानां हिमवन्महेंद्रकैलासमेर्वादिषु नैव तादृक् । देहाननेकाननुगृह्णतो मे प्राप्तास्ति संपन्महती तथेश

Transliteration

saṃpacchilānāṃ himavanmaheṃdrakailāsamervādiṣu naiva tādṛk | dehānanekānanugṛhṇato me prāptāsti saṃpanmahatī tatheśa

Translation

แม้ทรัพย์แห่งภูเขาทั้งหลาย—หิมวัต มเหนทร ไกรลาส เมรุ และอื่นๆ—ก็ยังไม่เสมอเหมือนนี้. ข้าแต่พระอีศะ เมื่อพระองค์ทรงพระกรุณาประทานกายมากมายแก่ข้าพเจ้า ฉันใด ข้าพเจ้าก็ได้บรรลุความมั่งคั่งอันใหญ่หลวงซ้ำแล้วซ้ำเล่า ฉันนั้น.

Word by Word

• saṃpat: prosperity
• saṃpat: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: saṃpad (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन (पाठे ‘संपत्’); वाक्ये ‘संपत् … नैव तादृक्’

• śilānām: of rocks
• śilānām: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śilā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th), बहुवचन

• himavat-mahendra-kailāsa-meru-ādiṣu: in Himavat, Mahendra, Kailāsa, Meru, etc.
• himavat-mahendra-kailāsa-meru-ādiṣu: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: himavat (प्रातिपदिक) + mahendra (प्रातिपदिक) + kailāsa (प्रातिपदिक) + meru (प्रातिपदिक) + ādi (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), बहुवचन; समाहार/इतरेतर-द्वन्द्व-प्रायः + ‘ādi’ (etc.) — ‘in Himavat, Mahendra, Kailāsa, Meru, etc.’

• na: not
• na: Sambandha (Negation/निषेध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: na (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेध-निपातः

• eva: indeed
• eva: Sambandha (Emphasis/अवधारण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: eva (अव्यय)
• Form: अवधारण-निपातः (emphasis)

• tādṛk: such (as this)
• tādṛk: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: tādṛś (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; विशेषणम् (such/like that)

• dehān: bodies
• dehān: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: deha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), बहुवचन

• anekān: many
• anekān: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: aneka (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), बहुवचन; विशेषणम्

• anugṛhṇataḥ: of (you) who favor
• anugṛhṇataḥ: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Verb
• Root: anu-√grah (ग्रह्)
• Form: शतृ-प्रत्ययान्त वर्तमानकृदन्त (present active participle): ‘anugṛhṇat’; पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th), एकवचन (of (you) who are favoring)

• me: to me / for me
• me: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी/चतुर्थी (6th/4th), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• prāptā: attained
• prāptā: Kriya (Predicative/क्रियाविशेषण-भाव)
• Type: Verb
• Root: pra-√āp (आप्)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (past participle) ‘prāpta’; स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; ‘संपत्’ इत्यस्य विशेषणम्

• asti: is
• asti: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √as (अस्)
• Form: लट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन; परस्मैपदम

• saṃpat: prosperity
• saṃpat: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: saṃpad (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

• mahatī: great
• mahatī: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: mahat (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; विशेषणम्

• tathā: thus
• tathā: Sambandha (Manner/रीति)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tathā (अव्यय)
• Form: रीतिवाचक-अव्यय (adverb: thus/so)

• īśa: O Lord
• īśa: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: īśa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8th), एकवचन

Speaker

A devotee addressing the Lord (within Sūta’s narration; deduced)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kailāsa (implied among peaks)

Type: peak

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A contemplative devotee compares heaps of mountain-like riches with the heavier burden of repeated bodies; in the background rise Himavat, Mahendragiri, Kailāsa, and the golden Meru; above, the Lord as giver of boons and embodiment.

Characters & Entities

• Himavat
• Mahendra
• Kailāsa
• Meru
• Īśa

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Worldly prosperity—even vast as mountains—remains secondary to understanding the cycle of repeated embodiment under divine governance.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Sacred mountains are referenced—especially Kailāsa and Meru—invoking the wider sacred geography associated with Śaiva tradition.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No explicit prescription; the verse is reflective praise acknowledging divine dispensation of life-conditions.